Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. I'm Pailiff Jesse Thorn. We're in chambers

this week ready to clear the voluminous backlog of cases that's threatening the integrity

of this very building with me as always, Judge John Hodgman.

Yes, even though we are currently on tour of the Western United States and British Columbia

Canada, justice must still be served. Thus I am in my traveling chambers, Jesse. Do you

know what my traveling chambers are? I'm going to say one of those bathtubs full of

goo from Battlestar Galactica. That's a permanent installation of my regular chambers.

Traveling chambers are when I sit in the back of the tour van here hiding under a blanket.

Like a bird box style. You see that bird box, Jesse? No, of course I haven't seen bird

box. You haven't seen bird box, Jesse? Everyone's seen bird box. What can they say? I've

said bird box a few times. Even the people who are constantly living under blankets or

wearing blindfolds have seen bird box. That's how important it is. I don't want to ruin

my chance to get into bird box too, bailiff Jesse Thorn. I did not like bird box as much

as all the other humans in the world have liked it. Do you know what the premise is?

Something about Sandra Bernhardt wearing a blindfold? No, it's Sandra Bullock. Sandra Bullock,

thank you. It would be great if it was Sandra Bernhardt. It's a very evocative movie.

It was a lot of fun to see. It's about a world in which there are these monsters. If you

see them, you cause yourself harm. Everyone's wearing blindfolds all the time. I think it's

fine. After bird box where everyone has to cover their eyes and then after whatever

the Krasinski scary movie was, don't ever talk or whatever. Don't speak or whatever. Stay

quiet. I want to do a horror movie where it's like this world where you've been invaded

by monsters and if you smell the monsters, you become a monster. So you have to hold

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